Professor (Personal Chair)The University of Auckland: Classics and Ancient History

Biography

Education:

PhD Yale University (Egyptology: Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)MPhl, Yale University (Egyptology: Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)BA, Queens College (City University of New York)Secondary School: Brooklyn Technical High School (Brooklyn, New York City)

Responsibilities

Research Head, School of Humanities, UoA

Additional information may be found on academia.edu where there are downloadable research reports

Areas of expertise

Egyptology: art, language (Old, Middle and Late Egyptian); Demotic; Coptic; the ancient economy; the military in the ancient world; ancient warfare; calendrics in the ancient world; ancient astronomy; interconnections in the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean; narrative in the ancient world; iconic representations of power

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Presently: Head of Research, School of the Humanities, Faculty of Arts